AMD Radeon R7 240

The Radeon R7 240 is an entry-level graphics card by AMD, launched in October 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Oland graphics processor, in its Oland PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Oland graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 90 mm² and 1,040 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon HD 8670 OEM, which uses the same GPU but has all 384 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon R7 240 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 320 shading units, 20 texture mapping units and 8 ROPs. AMD has placed 2,048 MB DDR3 memory on the card, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 730 MHz, which can be boosted up to 780 MHz, memory is running at 900 MHz. We recommend the AMD Radeon R7 240 for gaming with highest details at resolutions up to, and including, 1024x768. Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon R7 240 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 30 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x HDMI. Radeon R7 240 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 69 US Dollars.